The British Council and The National Center for Teacher Professional Development of Georgia are happy to invite teachers of English to register for the Future English Online Teacher Community (OTC) training course.
Our Online Teacher Community (OTC) training programme is a 22-hour continuing professional development (CPD) opportunity for English language teachers involved in general education. It is delivered through the British Council Online Teacher Community (OTC) platform. The training course involves completion of three Teaching for Success (TfS) modules, active participation in the webinars and forums, and submitting four self-reflective journals (SRF).
The autumn 2025 training programme will take place over eight weeks from 6 November 2025 to 28 December 2025 alongside teachers’ normal work. This is an important aspect of the programme because it allows the teachers – supported by facilitators and international ELT experts – to try out new ideas and techniques and then reflect on these with the support of their online community of practice.
The OTC programme consists of the following components:
- Three hours of the Getting Started module
- Nine hours of the Teaching for Success (TfS) modules
- Three hours of webinars led by an international moderator
- Three hours minimum contribution to asynchronous discussion forums (equivalent to a minimum three posts and 18 comments per participant)
- Four hours spent completing self-reflection journals (three per each module plus one as an overall reflection on the OTC programme)
The programme will cover the following themes:
- Engaging with learner needs
- Creating an inclusive classroom environment
- Inclusive assessment approaches
Selection Criteria
- You must be a Georgian citizen teaching English at a school in the Georgian Education system.
- You will need basic IT skills so that you can actively engage in activities within the Online Teacher Community platform. These include logging into email accounts, posting in forums, joining Zoom sessions, switching from different tabs, resetting passwords, etc.).
- Minimum English level: B1 – English is the working language of the platform and all content used and presented will be in English so you will need this level in order to be able to properly participate in teacher training content and discussions.
Registration
To register for the training programme, please complete the online registration form by Sunday 19 October 2025 (23.59 GE time):
Participation is free.